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CSV syntax auto-detection #1

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sagebind opened this issue May 22, 2017 · 0 comments
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CSV syntax auto-detection #1

sagebind opened this issue May 22, 2017 · 0 comments
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Detect CSV delimiters, escape chars, and value delimiters automatically using a heuristic analysis.

Here's some code in cpython that auto-detects a CSV format for inspiration:

https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/e13a4151e45f74fc4efa1a928f9f6f700e89a5b4/Lib/csv.py

@sagebind sagebind added this to the Wishlist milestone Aug 9, 2017
@sagebind sagebind added the a:csv label Aug 9, 2017
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